Locking clip for metallic ridge rolls



April 1 1924. 1,489,200

7 F. J. ECKENFEiLS LOCKING CLIP FOR METALLIC RIDGE ROLLS Filed March 9, 1922 t W I:

Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,4892% PATENT oFF cE.

FRANK J. nciznnrnts, or LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, AssIsNon 'ro Mnrrmnssnn & nnennnn znvc 00., A CORPORATION or rumors.

LOCKING CLIP FOR METALLIC RIDGE ROLLS.

Application filed March 9, 1922. Serial No. 542,216,

, To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK J. EoKENFELs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of La Salle, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Locking Clip for Metallic Ridge Rolls; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the niiu'nerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the making of metallic roofs and particularly roofs which imitate shingles, or are made by metallic shingles, the ridge pole is usually covered by a piece of metal shaped into a roll and extending down both sides of the ridge pole to which the metallic 2e roof covering or the upper course of metallic shingles is fastened.

It is an object of this invention to provide a fastening for holding such metallic rolls in place.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a fastening of the sort described which may be quickly and easily applied and willsecurely hold the metallic roll in place.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a fastening which shall not require that any nails or other perforating parts shall go through the metal of the roll.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a clip of the sort mentioned which shall be wholly concealed beneath the metal covering of the roof when the entire covering is in place.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the dis closures in the specification and drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a section through a ridge roll showing the clip in side elevation.

Figure 2 is an edge View of the clip.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a ridge roll showing how the clips are applied.

As shown on the drawings:

The wooden roof 1 forms a ridge 2 which is surmounted by a roll of metal. The sheet metal which makes this roll is con tinued on each side of it to form leaves 4..

This leaf in the case of a roof covered with metallic shingles serves to cover the upper course of shingles. At the lower edges 5 of these leaves the sheet metal is bent to form a fold 6 which continues under the leaf 4 for a little distance, and then is bent again as shown at 7 so that it continues parallel to the leaf 4 forming a second leaf 8, the lower end of which is bent downward as shown at 9.

The clip for holding this sheet metal roll in place has a loop 10 to fit the interior of the roll 3- This loop is made to have a permanent shape by being secured to a block 11 by means of nails 12 which go through holes provided for them in the clip. The lower edge of the block is cut away in a V-shaped notch, as shown at 13, to lit the ridge 2. From the nails at each side of this notch the clip is turned into a strip 1a which is intended to) lie close to the wooden structure of the roof. It is fastened thereto by nails 15.

Beyond these nails the clip slopes obliquely upward from the roof as indicated at 16, and from the outer end of this sloping portion is continued parallel to the leaf 4:, as shown at 17. It is then folded back upon itself as far as the beginning of the sloping part 16 and then again bent as shown at 18 t0 fit parallel to the roof as shown at 19. The portions 6 and 8 of the metallic covering of the ridge which unite at the bend 7 are spaced apart sufliciently so the same may, if desired, receive between them the upper edge of the top course of metallic shingles or the upper edge of whatever roof covering is used. The bend 18 is made on a radius sufficient to enclose the parts 6 and 8 and their connecting bend 7 although these parts are so spaced.

From the bend 18 the clip is continued as shown at 19 parallel to the wooden structureof the roof to which it is fastened by nails 20. The clip is continued along the portion 19 until it passes beyond the curved turned down edge 9 of the ridge cover and the end of the clip or a portion of the end of the clip is turned up, as shown at 21, and bent over the metal of the ridge roll as shown at 22 It will be seen that the clip binds the ridge roll between the parts 17 and 22.

In the operation of the device, the clip is first secured to the block 11 by means of the nails 12 and nailed to the roof by means of the nails 15 and 20. The roll is then placed in position on the roof, being spread apart and sprung over the clips, the portions l and 5 being slipped over the portions 17. The operation is completed by bending the portions 22 into the fastening position.

The ridge roll may be applied after the roof is shingled or before the upper portion is shingled depending upon whether the ridge roll should rest upon the shingles or Whether the upper tier of shingles should rest upon the base of the ridge roll.

I am aware that numerous details of construction of these clips may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A clip for securing ridge rolls in place comprising a metallic strip shaped to conform to the interior of said roll, and provided with means for engaging the ridge roll.

2. A clip forsecuring ridge rolls to a roof comprising a narrow metallic strip having a loop adapted for engaging interiorly of said roll and diverging ends provided with means adapted for overlapping portions of the ridge roll for securing the same thereto.

7 3. A clip for securing ridge rolls in place comprising a metallic's'trip having a loop intermediate its ends for engaging within the ridge roll and projecting portions for clasping the ridge roll thereto.

4. In a device for securing ridge rolls to a roof, a wooden filler block conforming to the tubular part of said roll, a strip surrounding said filler block and secured to said roll and means for securing said strip to said roof.

5. A clip for securing ridge rolls in place comprising a metallic strip having a loop intermediate its ends for engaging interiorly of the ridge roll, and diverging portions provided with ofiset parts for engaging and clasping the ridge roll thereto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J. ECKENFELS.

lVitnesses CARLTON HILL, JAMES N. OBRIEN. 

